I love china roses! We have had 17+ inches of rain in Dec, and when not raining it has been cool (50s to low 60s F), and foggy or with lots of cloud cover - no sun.

We were driving in today when I noticed this rose (don't ask me which red china it is - sometimes it has streaks of white, sometimes not - Cramoisi Superior? no idea really). It was planted in the mid 1970s, so it is about 40 years old. Despite all of the yuckky weather, it is blooming happily away (as is another bush of the same rose in a different place). Foliage is a bit battered, but no real disease - and the humidity has been 100% here most of the time lately!

I highly recommend this rose for anyone who lives in zone 7b or warmer. It does this (only usually more blooms) over & over all year.

Jackie